Updated character models are a much-anticipated feature in Warlords of Draenor. Our Warlords of Draenor Modelviewer now shows new Human Female, Night Elf Female, Draenei Male, and Undead Male models, so we put together some previews! We've got videos of the new character model emotes as well as screenshots of the updated facial features on the Alpha.

Do note that these models are not final or completed - they are in-progress versions which will be subject to further iteration.

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To view the new models on Wowhead, simply select the "Warlords" option that's present on Wowhead's modelviewer and then select an animation on the lower right side. You can access the modelviewer on nearly every page--items, transmog sets, and itemsets to name a few.

You can also see what your own character will look like if you go to http://www.wowhead.com/list and enter in your realm/character information!

The latest Warlords of Draenor build added tons of new NPCs and we found many references to members of the WoW Community! We've compiled a full list below and you can check out all of the Warlords of Draenor NPCs in our WoD database.

PvP

Many high-level PvPers received tribute NPCs--we'll most likely see them in Ashran. Their models include neat tributes to their favored classes--for example, John Swifty is wearing , Alune Windmane is an armored moonkin, and Elliott Van Rook is wearing PvP mage gear.

You can even preview how your own characters will look by going to http://www.wowhead.com/list and entering in your character's info under "Lookup Battle.Net Profile."

UI Improvements

There's a "What's New" Screen highlighting new things in World of Warcraft--on the alpha, it was new character models, collections, and the group finder. There is also a new "Raid Graphics" setting under System, which allows you to specify texture resolution and ground clutter specifically for raids.

These guides also cover what's new, changed, and removed for all spells from Talents to Perks. We've condensed confusing formulas, reworded verbose tooltips, and color-coded what's being added and removed to make it easier to follow along. We've even included Patch Notes for an official explanation of the changes, as well as all blue tweets made by Blizzard devs on a class' spell changes.

Blizzard just released a preview of Tanaan Jungle, the Warlords intro zone. In this zone, players meet important lore figures which provide an outline for the story in Warlords of Draenor.

Also of importance, this zone helps newly-boosted 90s familiarize themselves with their new class abilities and mechanics. In a past build, we datamined some info for "Character Upgrade Tier" which includes things like Basic Combat Mechanics, Advanced Combat Mechanics, Control Mechanics, Cooldown and Area Spells, Abilities Fully Unlocked.

Midsummer Fire Festival is here! Embrace the spirit of summer by honoring your faction's flames and desecrating the enemy's! Throughout the world, there are bonfires surrounded by questgivers and NPCs that sell summery items in exchange for Burning Blossom. There are commoner NPCs of all races that can be found lingering around the major cities that will give you a short quest to turn in at one of the main bonfire camps to get you started.

A new Warlords of Draenor Alpha build is on its way. For a complete list of our past Warlords of Draenor coverage including class guides, Frostfire Ridge rare spawns, and Garrison tools, check out our WoD Content Hub.

While the tooltips appear to imply that you no longer have to be an engineer to use Tinkers, Jonathan LeCraft has clarified that you still have to be an Engineer. The necessity is now implied rather than stated. This statement contradicts information released earlier in Alpha that some BoP Engineering perks would become BoE and sellable.

According to Crafticus, there are Joker Cards like Iron Joker which have a small chance to be made from Darkmoon Tarots. These can be turned in for cards you are missing, as seen in the quest Iron Joker. Source.All glyphs will come from non-cooldown research spells in 6.0 like Research: Ink of Dreams. A full list of these spells can be found here.

Fishing

Fishing pools have appeared on the alpha. However, there is a new bait-related system, where if you do not use the appropriate bait in the correct area, you will only get Crescent Saberfish. For an in-depth explanation of Warlords of Draenor fishing, check out El's Extreme Anglin'.

Skinning

It's now been confirmed that Skinning will be using a similar system as Mining and Herbalism for users to level up in high-level areas. Regardless of their professions's skill level, players gain skill-ups from skinning, and obtain materials usable for crafting.